News
Current events throughout the Northwestern Ohio Synod.
NWOS Disability Accessibility Award
The NWOS Disability Awareness Taskforce is inviting your congregation to apply for the NWOS Disability Accessibility Award. This award will be in the form of a $100 grant. Please click below to read more. AccessibilityAwardForm11
Continuing Education Events
Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty in Northwest Ohio The Reverend Dr. Martin E. Marty will be a guest speaker at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio. “The American Church of the past speaks to the American Church of the Future” Thursday, February 16, 7:00 PM Campus Center, Wickham Great Hall. (Handicap Accessible) Parking Available in Lot D where Hedges St. and Rebekah St. intersect by Rock Creek. 310 E. Market St., Tiffin, OH 44883. Questions: Campus Minister Paul Sittason Stark at 419.448.2066 or pstark@heidelberg.edu As a professor at the University of Chicago, Martin Marty taught in the Divinity School, the Department of History,… Read more »
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Benefit Dinner at St. Mark, Toledo
The St. Mark church family is holding a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner to benefit two families who have recently experienced difficulties; please join this fundraiser on their behalf! WHERE: St. Mark Lutheran Church, 611 Woodville Road, Toledo, OH 43605, (419) 691-3597 WHEN: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 TIME: 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Take-outs available
By Design: Mom’s Group
Join the Mom’s Group at First St. John Lutheran Church and Dayschool, 2471 Seaman St., Toledo, Ohio 43605 Share in breakfast, adult interaction, fun and laughter! Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:30 – 11:30 am By Design is for Moms with children from newborn to 12 years. Childcare is provided!
St. John, Bellevue 3rd Silent Film Event
On Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bellevue is hosting its third silent film event. This year’s selection is the 1925 Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, Sr. This film event is free and open to the public. At the console of our four manual 53 rank organ will be Mr. Clark Wilson. Considered by many to be the premier theater organist in the United States today, Clark will be making his third appearance at St. John’s Lutheran Bellevue. Find attached a flyer that you can post in your church, newsletter, or bulletin. Please… Read more »
Amendments to Model Constitution for Congregations
The link below provides the most current amendments to the Model Constitution for Congregations. Please attend to these revisions of your congregation’s constitution as soon as possible. All required amendments automatically become a part of the constitution, suggested but not required amendments must be voted upon at your next congregational meeting. Any questions, contact Sherry Krieger at 419.423.3664.
Lenten Pericope Study – January 31, 2012
The Northwestern Ohio Synod of the ELCA presents A Lenten Pericope Study For Preachers of the Word led by Pastor Melissa Micham from Glenwood Lutheran Church, Toledo, OH Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 9 am – 12 noon at Trinity Lutheran Church, 935 W. Bigelow Ave., Findlay, OH Cost is $10, Checks payable to NW Ohio Synod, ELCA Please e-mail RSVP to Trinity Lutheran Church @ office@trinityfindlay.org or call 419-422-2641 by Friday, January 27, 2012
2012 NWOS ASSEMBLY: Elections Info and VITA Form
Nominations are open for NWOS Synod Council, 2013 Churchwide Assembly and the Nominations Committee. Below are links to the list of positions available (listed by event and Conference designation) and the VITA form (nomination form) that must be submitted to the Nominations Committee at the Synod Office by February 1, 2012. We ask that you prayerfully consider serving God through this important ministry in God’s church that is the Northwestern Ohio Synod, ELCA.
2012 GLOBAL MISSION MONTH
2012 NWOS Global Mission Board Youth Gathering Project Dear Pastors and Congregation Presidents, During the month of January, the Northwestern Ohio Synod Global Mission Board asks you to celebrate Global Mission and our companionships with the Dodoma Diocese of Tanzania and the Slovak Lutheran Church in Serbia. We are reaching out and being reached by our brothers and sisters throughout the world, sharing the love of Christ and making disciples of all nations. This year, your Global Mission Board would like to bring two young people from Tanzania and two from Serbia to the United States to attend the 2012… Read more »
A New Year’s Eve Event at Grace, Toledo
Grace Global Mission invites you to celebrate an evening with us at church for wonderful music, fellowship, food, and refreshments. Violin Master Aaron Jacobs and International Pianist Tatiana Shustova have offered their time and talent to help us promote the 2012 Tumaini Medical Mission. A meet and greet “mocktail” mixer will begin at 6:30 with the performance to start at 7:00. We welcome everyone to a dessert reception in Fellowship Hall following the performance, with more music, sing a longs, refreshments, festivities, and fellowship as we usher in the New Year. A freewill offering will be accepted during the performance intermission to… Read more »